Cebu Tihik Tip # 3 - Eat Lumpia for 1 pesos each

Here in Cebu, you'll find pungko² stalls in several corners on the streets. For those who don't know:

Pungko-pungko (from Doon Po Sa Amin) takes its name from the Cebuano term pungko, which is to squat. The name actually refers to cheap dining eateries usually located in the sidewalks where people have to sit on low benches or just crouch down to eat when there isn’t a place to sit. It’s a communal form of eating where diners have to sit close with each other as they huddle around a small table where the food is served. Pungko-pungko is characterized for its cheap, mostly fried food such as ngohiong (fried spring rolls), bola-bola (meat balls) and assorted parts of pork such as ginabot (pork intestines), utok (pork brain), tambok (pork fat) and dila (pork tongue).

Now some may find eating in pungko² unhygienic since they are usually located at the sides of the road, but these pungko² that I frequent when I was a student is located at Kalubihan in University of Cebu Main, I like it here because it's not beside the road. The lumpia toque (taogi) only costs 1 peso each, as of writing, it still costs 1 peso each. And nope, it doesn't hide any monkey business beneath those spring rolls, just taogi.

See those little lumpia as big as your pinky finger? Yep, that costs 1 peso only. During my thesis days where money is scarce, my classmates and I used to eat KFC (Kalubihan Food court) Value Meal which consists of 4 lumpia and 3 puso for a whopping price of 10 pesos only! Sounds class, eh?:)

Cebu Tihik Tip # 2 - Get free samples from P&G

Are you one of those people who intentionally walks near those shopping isles in the supermarket  where free samples are given away and you're hoping to taste one so bad? Or are also one of those people who hopes to test try and receive free new products from awesome companies? Well, I admit I'm one of these kind of people, haha! Anything for free and my eyes go sparkling. So while scrolling down my Facebook newsfeed I see this ad wherein you could receive a free sample from Pantene conditioner that wasn't released yet to the public (at that time). I clicked the link and it redirected me to Everyday Me. 

So I did register and claimed my free sample on the said website and it said it will be delivered at my doorstep, laysho! 'Lo and behold, it did arrive at my doorstep with wads of cash discount coupons, EverydayMe card, and the said Pantene conditioner! Here's the complete package of what I got for FREE!

They have free samples from time to time so grab it as fast as you can and if you're active on the site by joining their activities, you get the chance to win a year's supply of anything P&G if you participate and get to be the lucky one! So what are you waiting for? Register na!

Cebu Tihik Tip # 1 - Cheapest Extra Rice in SM Cebu Foodcourt

I've always been a thrifty person since the day I could remember, all of my friends know that. It's been taught since I was little that we should know how to save, to save ourselves during the rainy days. In behalf of my fellow Cebuanos, I present to you, the Cebu Tihik Tips saga! Note, I'm not paid to endorse their company or whatever, I will only share ways of what I do to save money. And you could suggest it to me too so together we'll save the world! Haha, char lang.

So the first Cebu Tihik Tip is about where to buy the cheapest extra rice in amidst the heaps of food stalls in SM Foodcourt. Rice has and always is the staple food for us Filipinos, and extra rice is always wanted needed especially when the viand is tasty, or simply because 1 cup isn't enough! Now the question is, where could we buy the cheapest extra cup of rice when dining at SM Cebu Food court?

The cheapest you could buy is puso (hanging rice) of course, but there's no food stall in SM Cebu food court that sells puso.  There are lots of food stalls to choose from, and after years of experience (haha!) the cheapest extra cup of rice could be bought at GOTO KING!

A cup of rice only costs 11 pesos as of writing. Whereas other stalls costs from 15-25 pesos, imagine buying a cup of rice for 25 pesos while in Goto King you could buy 2 plus 3 pesos change.

So the next time you crave for another cup of rice while dining at SM Cebu Foodcourt, you know where to go!